Mounting for brake gears



" Oct. 20, 1925. I 1,551,737

S. J. STRID IOUNTING FOR BRAKE GEARS Filed Aug. 5. 1925 Z52 wfn i025VE/V L/UL IU 5mm Tk lmmw Patented Get. 26, 1925.

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mounrmozron BRAKE GEARS;

Application filed August 5,1925, Star-122L110.48,4 29.-,-

To all whom it may: concern v I Be it known that I, SvnN'JULrUs S'rn n.

a citizen :of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, inthezcounty of Cook; and State of Illinois, United States. of America,have invented-a new and useful Improvement in a -M'ount.ing for Brake(fears, of which-thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description,such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.y

My invention relates to means for mount-- ing or supportingthe gearingfor actuating the hand brakes on a railway ca-r'and has more particularreference to a structure that is connected to the underf-ram'ing' of thecar so as to brace the gearing against the longitudinal pull ofthe-chain or ro'dsof the brake. In this connection, I have provided asupplementary angle piece that is connected to the end of the car frameand. extends inwardly; away fromthe end-of the car, in combination. witha bracket member also secured to the end of the frame to assist insupporting the gearing. structure, whereby a rigid mounting of thelatter is obtained.

I prefer to carry out my invention and to accomplish the divers objectsthereof in substantially the manner hereinafter described and as moreparticularly pointed out in the claims, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings that form a part of this specification.

In the drawings: I

Figure 1 is a top plan of a portion of the end of a car frame showing myimprovements applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a vertical front elevation of the structure illustrated inFigure 1 with the gear elements removed.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal side elevation of the structure illustratedin Figure 1.

The drawings, which are schematic, represent a typical or preferredembodiment of my invention, and, so far as practical, 1

have employed similar reference characters to designate like partswherever the same appear throughout the several views.

The end sill of the underframe preferably comprises a metal channel bar5, the web of which is vertically disposed and the upper and lowerflanges thereof extend outwardly away from the car in horizontal planes,as seen in section in Figure 3. Secured to the inner face of the web ofthis end sill 5 is an angle plate, the shorter vertically dis I posedflange 6 thereof is riveted to the web of the channel andthelongerverticallydisposed flange-.17. thereof extends. inwardlylongitudinally of the car and is reduced. in height or slightly tapered,as shown .infFi g ure. A longitudina1.-sill,inv the formof ananglebar,.ispositionedj with one flange 8 in-a vertical plane and: with itslateral horizontalhanget) uppermost; The lower edge-portion at the endof theflange Sis cut-away, as at 10 (Figure 3) to: reduce. its heightand the end -o-f the portionrthus re,- d-uced is riveted. totlieinwardly, extending flange 7 of the angle. plate heretofore. alluded to.A Z-shaped member. 11 isv supported upon, and. is. secured: to,thehorzizo-ntal top flange 9 oftlie horizontal sillmemberso that one ofthe parallel'portions or flangesof the Z-shaped member is positioned in,a plane below the flange 9, as will. beise'en in dotted lines in Figure2. This latter horizontal member, for identification, is designated as12 and it is so positioned.thatthe tapered inwardly; extending portion13 ofthe top casting of plate 14 of the gear housing may be securedthereto by a rivet 15. i

The outer portion of the top plate 14 of the housing preferably extendsbelow and be yond the bottom sill 5 and it is riveted or bolted theretoin the manner shown. As av further reinforcement and support, I providea vertical plate 16, the upper rectangular portion of which lies againstthe inner face of the web of the end sill 5 and is secured thereto byrivets or bolts, and this plate is provided with a vertical extension 17disposed back of, and see cured to, a hanger or other member 18 at theend of the car. The vertical extension 17 of the plate 16 dependsalongside the housing for the gearing, as will be noted by reference toFigure 2, and just over the plate 1 1 of the gear housing there isformed by bending the plate 16 laterally in a horizontal plane toprovide a lateral extension 19 projecting inwardly from the platelongitudinally of the car and in a horizontal plane. This member 19 isso positioned that it is in contact with the upper face of the top plate1 1 of the gear housing and it is secured thereto by the rivet 20.

From the foregoing, it will the longitudinal pull of the chain or othermember connecting the gearing with the flange of the channel end be seenthat brake beams cannot tilt or displace the housing because of itsrigid reinforcement, obtained through the. structure hereinbefo-redescribed.

What I claim is 1. A mounting for railway car brake gears comprising acar end-sill, a sill connected to and extending transverse thereto andlongitudinally of the. car, a substantially Z- shaped plate secured tosaid longitudinal sill and to one of the horizontal members a portion ofthe gear housing is secured, a plate secured to the inner face of saidenclsill, and a lateral extension projecting inwardly from said plateabove and secured to the gear housing.

2. A mounting for railway car brake gears comprising a car end-sill, abrake gear'housing extending upon each side of said end-sill and securedto the lower portion thereof, a longitudinal sill connected to andextending transversely of the same, a substantially Z-shaped platesecured to said I longitudinal sill and to one of the horizontal membersof which the upper portion of said gear housing is secured, a platevertically disposed at the rear of said end-sill and secured thereto,and a lateral extension projecting inwardly from said plate above saidgear housing and secured thereto.

3. A mounting for railway car brake gears comprising a car end-sill ofchannel shape and positioned with the flanges projecting outwardly, anangle plate secured to the inner face of the web of said sill with itsflange projecting inwardly, a longitudinal sill disposed-transverse tosaid end-si1l and secured at its forward end to the projecting flange ofsaid angle plate, an irregularly-shaped member connected to saidlongitudinal sill and spaced from said end-sill and to which a portionof the gear housing is secured, a vertical plate secured to the innerface of the end-sill web, and a lateral extension projecting inwardlyfrom the plate above and secured to the gear housing. 4. A mounting forrailway car brake gears comprising a car end-sill of channel shape andpositioned with the flanges proj'ecting outwardly from the car, a brakegear housing extending upon each side of the lower flange of saidend-sill and secured thereto, an angle plate secured to the inner faceof the web of said sill with its flange projecting inwardly, alongitudinal sill disposed transverse to said end-sill and secured atits forward end to the projecting flange of said angle plate, asubstantially Z-shaped plate one of the horizontal parallel flanges ofwhich is secured to said longitudinal sill and the other flange of whichis secured to an adjacent portion of said gear housing, a vertical platesecured to the inner face of the end-sill web, and a lateralextensionprojecting inwardly from the plate above and secured to the gearhousing.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, this28th day of July,

SVEN JULIUS STRID.

